English fiction and the evolution of language, 1850 -1914 / Will Abberley.
Victorian science changed language from a tool into a natural phenomenon, evolving independently of its speakers. Will Abberley explores how science and fiction interacted in imagining different stories of language evolution. Popular narratives of language progress clashed with others of decay and d...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;
101. |
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